EPIDENDRUM. ( 48 ) (Racemosz) SPATHIUM. 
149, E. cornutum. Lindley, in Hooker’s Journal, ITI. 86. 
foliis gramineis lineari-lanceolatis acutissimis, racemo 
elongato cylindraceo cernuo, sepalis linearibus acuminatis striatis, 
petalis filiformibus, labelli trilobi laciniis lateralibus nanis rotun- 
datis intermediA tereti cornutd basi 3-callosA 
Wild in Peru—Mathews, 1895; New Gr RENADA, Boca del 
Monte, a Bogota ‘and the village of Tena—Hartweg, 
1420, (v. 8. sp.) 
The Peruvian plant is more slender and aps in all its dimensions than 
that from New Grenada, but I think not otherwise different. The two 
spathaceous bracts are acuminate, as long x the peduncle. Flowers white, 
very fragran 
150. E. iets genie HI. G. Rehb., Linnea, XXII. p. 838. 
eminis acutis maculatis, racemo cernuo elongato, 
bracteis lncablatis cuspidatis, sepalis oblongis acutis, petalis lan- 
ceolatis a labelli trilobi lobis lateralibus rotundatis medio 
producto acuto lineis 8 elevatis, callis 2 magnis in basi, clinandrio 
rable 
Wild in VENEzUELA; cool places in the woods of the Sierra 
Nevada of Merida, in January—Moritz, 1069. 
Stems very strong. Leaves longish, acute. hovers brown.—Rchd, ' 
* 151. E. colorans. K/otzsch, in Allg. Gartenz., Aug. 9, 1851. 
E. caule tereti, foliis patentirecurvis oblongis brevi-acutis sub- 
carinatis, racemo brevi punctato-scabro, spatha dorso crenulata 
diphylla, floribus parvis brevi-pedicellatis bracteé lanceolata 
acuminata, sepalis spathulatis, petalis subbrevioribus angustiori- 
busque, labelli lobis lateralibus brevioribus 
intermedio elongato apice bilobo lamellis 3 " parallelis angustis 
instructo 
Wild in in GuaTemMaLa— Warezewitz. 
Stems a foot high. Li, Sepals 
white at fist then pink Peal narrower and lite shorter Lip white with 
three narrow plates.—. — Klotzsch 
2, E. parviflorum. 7. Peruv. Syst. 245. LO., no. 68. 
t gore stricto gracillimo, foliis membranaceis lineari-lanceo- 
latis acuminatis, racemi furcati tenuis pedunculo spatha angustis- 
sima brevio. re, sepalis co riaceis, petalis filiformibus, labelli trilobi 
laciniis integiig lateralibus cae sotundatis intermedié divaricatim 
biloba, venis 3 elevatis. 
ots in Perv; Jambrasbamba—Mathews, 1900, (v. s. sp. in hb. 
Hooker.) 
The slenderest species of this group. Stems not thicker than a knitting 
needle, about one foot high. Spathe about two inches long, extremely narrow 
and fine-pointed. 
